The Riverside Branch was a 6.5 miles (10.5 km) North Eastern Railway built double track branch railway line in Northumberland, England, that ran from Riverside Junction between Manors and Heaton stations via seven intermediate stations to Percy Main junction between Howdon-upon-Tyne and Percy Main.
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